{"id":800166,"date":"2026-07-14T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800166\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:03:09","slug":"cfl-attendance-week-6-2026-average-rises-to-22889-winnipeg-sells-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800166\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL Attendance Week 6 2026: Average Rises to 22,889, Winnipeg Sells Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CFL attendance climbed in Week 6 of the 2026 season. The four games from July 9 to July 12 drew 91,554 fans, an average of 22,889. That is up 4,507 from Week 5. Winnipeg sold out Princess Auto Stadium at 32,134.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg and Saskatchewan hosted the two largest crowds again. Edmonton and Montreal drew smaller gates. Attendance figures come from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CFLAttendance\" rel=\"nofollow\">@CFLAttendance<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Week 6 Attendance by Game<\/p>\n<p>Matchup<\/p>\n<p>Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Attendance<\/p>\n<p>Toronto at Winnipeg<\/p>\n<p>Princess Auto Stadium<\/p>\n<p>32,134<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton at Saskatchewan<\/p>\n<p>Mosaic Stadium<\/p>\n<p>25,476<\/p>\n<p>Calgary at Montreal<\/p>\n<p>Percival Molson Stadium<\/p>\n<p>18,046<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa at Edmonton<\/p>\n<p>Commonwealth Stadium<\/p>\n<p>15,898<\/p>\n<p>Week 6 average<\/p>\n<p>22,889<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg drew 32,134 against Toronto, a sellout and the top gate of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan drew 25,476 against Hamilton at Mosaic Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal drew 18,046 against Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton drew 15,898 against Ottawa, the smallest crowd of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Week-by-Week Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Games<\/p>\n<p>Average<\/p>\n<p>Week 1<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>17,119<\/p>\n<p>Week 2<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>27,872<\/p>\n<p>Week 3<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>17,568<\/p>\n<p>Week 4<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>23,406<\/p>\n<p>Week 5<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>18,382<\/p>\n<p>Week 6<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>22,889<\/p>\n<p>Week 6 rose from Week 5. The pattern holds through six weeks: weeks with a Winnipeg or Saskatchewan home date average above 22,000, and weeks without them sit near 18,000. Week 6 had both markets at home.<\/p>\n<p>Season-to-Date<\/p>\n<p>Total<\/p>\n<p>Games played<\/p>\n<p>22<\/p>\n<p>Total attendance<\/p>\n<p>463,950<\/p>\n<p>Average per game<\/p>\n<p>21,089<\/p>\n<p>Through six weeks, the 2026 season is averaging 21,089 fans per game. The 2025 regular season averaged about 22,950.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance figures are self-reported by each team and are not independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>Week 7 Outlook<\/p>\n<p>Week 7 continues the 2026 schedule. The season trend is set: a Winnipeg or Saskatchewan home date lifts the weekly average, while weeks without them settle near 18,000. Check back for Week 7 figures once games are played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CFL attendance climbed in Week 6 of the 2026 season. The four games from July 9 to July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-800166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}